Plans Set for Republican Primary Voting in Val Verde County
Local Republicans meet weekly at the Jones Building to finalize plans for the Republican primary on Saturday July 27. Polling places will open 4 PM to 7 PM with presiding judges and clerks listed for Precincts 1 through 13 and several county locations. The Republican executive committee names the presiding officials for each precinct.
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Thomas H. Graham Jr
Jones Building
McDowell
Val Verde County
Uil
Doctor Ignorant Of Rumor Vian's Arm Is Cut Off
A Mexican man shot by the Immigration Border Patrol Saturday night reportedly had his arm amputated at Del Rio Hospital and Clinic, notes on the street say. A hospital physician could not confirm the patient’s name or whether the arm was removed.
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Vian
Immigration Border Patrol
del Rio Hospital & Clinic
Bootlegging Fine Islander Defiant Court Room Exchange
In Lawrence Massachusetts Napoleon Gingrass was fined $100 for bootlegging after a court question about his children. The judge ordered the fine doubled to reflect the exchange. Separately Texas electrical output outpaced national averages, rising eight percent versus one percent nationally.
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Lawrence
Mass
Napoleon Gingrass
Wrecked Plane Traps Young Aviator in Mountain Crash
Frank Gelddporough, a 13 year old aviator, was trapped when his plane crashed in the mountains near Goldsborough. He sustained a fractured skull and is listed in serious condition after being removed to Bennington hospital. Donald Mockler, riding with Goldsborough, could not free him and sought aid as searchers combed the woods.
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Coksborough
Bennington
Donald Mockler
Droidsborough
Mockier
Berauw Mockier
Coldeborough
Kansas City Cattle Market Reports Slow Trade
Cattle receipts reached 7500 with 1200 calves and 2207 holdovers as the Kansas City market moved slowly. Lambs held firm with a $1 to $0.25 gain, closing around $1035 while overall movement was weak and late trading softened by up to 18 cents.
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Kansas City
Building permit secured to move 9x12 box lease in Perry addition
Mabel Gonzalez obtained a city engineering department permit to relocate a 9 by 12 foot box lease within the Perry addition, authorizing the move.
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Perry Addition
City Engineering Department
Mabel Gonzalez
Bank Robbery At Woodlawn Bank Yields Seven Thousand Loot
Robbers forced teller C. L. Porter to open the vaults at the American National Bank in Woodlawn Alabama. Bandits entered with the bookkeeper and ordered patrons and employees to lie on the floor while they took about seven thousand dollars. Police investigations underway.
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Woodlawn
Ala
American National Bank
C. L. Porter Bank
Bank
Wits
Valley League Demands Probe of Poll Taxes
A Hidalgo County probe is urged after Gordon Griff of McAllen and other Chrex Government League leaders call for an official investigation. They cite over 2000 poll taxes issued and accuse county officials of faulty counting in Weslaco and Hidalgo County.
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Valley League
Austin
Altaigo County
Gordon Griff
McAllen
Chrex
Bexar County
Hidalgo County
Griffas
Chiffin
Guld Government League
County Commissioners Court
Weslaco
Texas Negro Seeks Primary Vote Rights
An injunction seeks to restrain Texas officials from barring Black voters from the Democratic primary on July 26 in El Paso. The petition cites the White Man's Primary Law as unconstitutional under the Fifteenth Amendment, following a recent circuit court ruling.
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EL Paso
Texas
A. Boynton
United States Circuit Court of Appeal
White Mans
Canvassers Barred From Little Falls Town
Canvassers from Minnta House to door to sell rugs magazines and other goods were escorted from Little Falls by police after youths directed lewd remarks at women on sidewalks. One group of peddlers received a strong warning not to return.
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Little Falls
Minnta
Ury Mk
Legendary Texas Ranger recalls narrow plank across Pecos
In San Angelo 86 year old T H Blakeney recounts a dramatic 1870 71 escape where a fugitive rode a horse over a single plank spanning the Pecos River northwest of Del Rio near the Pecos high bridge. He recalls earlier cattle work and Civil War service with the Confederates.
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T. H. Blakeney
Texas Ranger
Pecos River
Blakeney
San Angelo
del Rio
Pecos High Bridge
Hope
N. M
Adams Outfit
Nueces and
Frio Canyon
Blanco Officers Report Capture Of Check Artist
Blanco officers and Sheriff ML Whistler tracked a man connected to several bad checks. J G Smith of the Travelers Hotel aided in identification after the suspect was apprehended in Blanco. A second complaint against R A Collins alleges a $25 fraudulent check drawn on Frost National Bank San Antonio, part of $65 total losses.
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Blanco
ML. Whistler
J. G. Smith
Travelers Hotel
Whistler
R. A Collins
Smith
Collins
Frost National Bank of
San Antonio
Arkansas Constables Bar Girls in Pants
At Bic Lake Ark July 15 two constables Buck Cherry and Kid Wright say no law forbids women wearing men’s pants but moral sense says it’s not right. They have stopped girls here from wearing them despite protests from the girls and local observers.
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Bic Lake
Ark
Buck Cherry
Kid Wright
Wright
Cherry
Large Sturgeon Trapped In Traverse City Pound Net
A 180 pound sturgeon six feet six inches long and three feet in girth was captured in East Bay pound net. Conservationists strive to keep the fish alive in a local aquarium.
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Traverse City
Michari
East Bay
Wind damages Permian Basin drilling rig
A high wind at the L. Rust ranch seven miles east of Del Rio damaged a drilling rig on Monday afternoon. Bracing broke, the rig was thrown off line, tanks overturned and buildings dislodged while corrugated sheets flew a quarter mile. Drillers credited tool weight for keeping the rig from toppling.
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Permian Basin
L. Rust Ranch
del Rio
Leaders Named in Erick Race Attack Mob
Bayre Oklahoma July 15 County Attorney Hubert Investor identified several leaders of the mob that chased Negroes from their Erick homes amid resentment over the Shamrock Texas murder. He conferred with Sheriff M L Inman about possible charges. Some fleeing Negroes took shelter at the county jail.
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Bayre
Oklo
Hubert Investor
Erick
Shamrock
Texas
M. L. Inman
Wife Beating Epidemic Probed In San Felipe
San Felipe authorities investigate a surge of wife beatings with about six cases handled recently. The sheriff's department secured a warrant Tuesday for a man charged with aggravated assault related to a beating of the defendant's wife. Complaints are often signed by the wives, though some recant after brief jail time.
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San Felipe
Sheriff's Department
Shafter Silver Mine Forced to Shut After 50 Years
In Shafter Texas on July 15 the Shafter silver mine in the Chinati mountains ends nearly five decades of operation. Buckets that once swung overhead and Mexican laborers emerging from underground signal the closure as metal prices slump and American Metals Company's auction ends the mine's run.
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Shafter
Texas
Chinati Mountains
American Metals Company
Ansonia Man Dies Five Months After Heart Injury
In Ansonia Connecticut on July 15 doctors recount James Bryant a Black foundry worker struck through the heart in a street brawl. He briefly survived the wound returning to work before dying of heart failure five months later.
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Ansonia, Conn
James Bryant
Husky Negro Brass
Bryant
Pecos Jail Break Stopped by Woman Killing Prisoner
Mrs. Joli Duncan wife of Reeves Duncan county jailer acted to foil a midnight jail delivery in Pecos Texas Willie Hernandez was killed as he leaped downstairs Pedro Aguilar the only fugitive escaped while several criminals were repelled by Mrs Duncan and her husband until help arrived Hernandez died of a heart wound. Aguilar faced thedeath penalty for murder.
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Pecos
Texas
Joli
Duncan
Reeves Duncan
Willie Hernandez
Pedro Aguilar
Hernandez
Aguilar
Big Lake Oilers to Finish Title Fight in Del Rio Series
The Public Service Utilities of San Antonio will meet the Del Rio Cowboys in a three game set July 25 26 27 in Del Rio after a prior visit here. West Texas sports writers rate Texan and Del Rio as West Texas title contenders. Crosby left fielder injured last Sunday will miss the game. part of Saturday’s receipts will aid his medical care.
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Big Lake Oilers
del Rio
Public Service Utilities
San Antonio
del Rio Cowboys
P. J. Pong
Public Service Aggregation
Chev
Cowboys
Utilities
Alamo City
Order of Eagles
Texan
West Texas
Crosby
R. M Crosby
Turtle returns for 24th annual appearance at Porter home
In Great Barrington Massachusetts the same turtle that carved initials on a shell in 1906 has appeared again on the Porter lawn marking its 24th yearly visit. Local residents note the creature’s steady, almost ceremonial return each year.
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Great Barrington
Mass
U.P
Malcolm Porter
Porter
Texas gas field holds vast estimated reserves
A Texas gas field is estimated to contain 8,000 billion cubic feet of available reserve, with several other fields in the state also considered significant.
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Texas
Bank Raiders Take $50 800 in Wilmar Holdup
Six gunmen raided the Bank of Wilmar at noon, escaping toward the Twin Cities with about 50 800 dollars. Dozens of witnesses report gunfire as two women were wounded by stray bullets from the raiders’ submachine guns. Police engaged the robbers, with one gunman believed shot by officers.
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Wilmar
Minn
Bank of
Grant tops G O P slate for Texas governor
John F. Grant, owner of 49 Texas lumber yards with a Del Rio site, enters the Republican race for Texas governor. He argues for a pay-as-you-go highway policy and opposes a statewide bond issue, calling for funding through current cash payments to build roads and reduce long term costs. Grant cites his business success as evidence of leadership.
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John F. Grant
Texas
del Rio
Grant
Batavia
Clermont County
Ohio
Bay City
Sand Angel
Houston
Absentee ballots open Wednesday on Democrat primary
Voters expected to be away may cast ballots at Val Verde County clerk W A Hopkins starting Wednesday. Absentee ballots issued to the clerk with last day to vote by absent voters on Tuesday. Republican sample ballot lists order of candidates for county offices including Eas for District Judge and Lane for County Clerk among others.
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W. A. Hopkins
Val Verde
Julian LaTrosse
Val Verde County
van Haile McFarland
Maverick Coun
Buffalo Bill Role Praised for Del Rio Captain at New York Pageant
Capt J V McDowell of Del Rio, son of Judge C K McDowell, led a major New York military tournament. Attached to the National Guard in New York City, he directed mounted troops at Governors Island after receiving praise from Major General H E Ely for the training and performance June 20–21.
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Buffalo Bill
New York
J. W. McDowell
del Rio
J. V. McDowell
C. K. McDowell
Whitehall
N. Y
McDowell
Governors Island
Ax Killer Eludes Posse Near Mesquite Brakes
In Hidalgo County near Raymondville a Mexican suspect in the ax murder of Bruno Villareal, 23, evaded a 30 hour search by twenty men with sawed off shotguns. Villareal’s body was found with an axe in the head. robbery is believed the motive.
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Edinburg
Texas
Raymondville
Bruno Villareal
Villereal
Hospital notes report discharges and operations
Mrs. Lucious Hinds was discharged from a local sanitarium and moved to her mother Mrs. Walter F. Baker on East Broadway. Mrs. Anna Barton underwent a major operation at a local sanitarium and was said to be doing nicely.
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Lucious Hinds
Doran-Yates
Walter F. Baker
East Broadway
Anna Barton
Fear to Do Base Acts Is Valor in Adversity
A reflective line portrays courage as remaining steadfast when wronged and choosing endurance over surrender. It frames moral strength as both taking bold action and bearing suffering with resolve.
Weather Outlook Del Rio and Vicinity
Partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday. High yesterday reached 99 degrees and the low was 72 in the Del Rio area. Local conditions show warm, muggy weather with no rain indicated in the near term.
Weather Update Skims Interior and Coastline Showers
Fair in the interior with local showers near the coast. Tonight slightly warmer in the extreme Northwest. Wednesday mostly fair with isolated showers in the Hie Grande Valley and warmer temperatures overall.
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Hie Grande Valley
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